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Category: Fantasy/sci fi

The End We Start From might be a petite novella but it’s certainly not short on blistering prose and thought-provoking narrative. What’s it all about? Here’s the blurb from the publisher: In the midst of a mysterious environmental crisis, as London is submerged below flood waters, a woman gives birth to her first child, Z. Days… Read More The End We Start From by Megan Hunter

The Power is a contender for this year’s Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction and the fourth book from British author Naomi Alderman. Book club chose it for our May read and spent a lively Sunday brunch debating this corker of a novel. What’s it all about? There’s been a lot of attention on this book… Read More The Power: Book club’s verdict

Perfect is the sequel to Cecelia Ahern’s 2016 Young Adult bestseller, Flawed. It delves into a world where imperfections are dangerous and being branded less than perfect can have harmful consequences. What’s it all about? Here’s the blurb from the publisher: Celestine North lives in a society that demands perfection. After she was branded Flawed by a… Read More Review: Perfect by Cecelia Ahern

The Life of Elves is the third book by Muriel Barbery and it’s divided opinion. Claire O’Sullivan from book club took on the job of reviewing it for Book and Brew. Let’s see what she thought. What’s it about? Here’s the blurb from the publisher: The villagers had never seen anything like it: dense white curtains of… Read More Review: The Life of Elves

November’s book club reviewed The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet. It was our first venture into science fiction so how did it go down with the gang? We were asked to review this book by the folks at Hodder who were looking for book clubs to read Becky Chambers’ first novel. Alison, our resident sci-fi… Read More The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet: book club’s verdict

Stephanie Victoire’s short story collection The Other World, It Whispers is a spellbinding ride for fans of fairy tales, ghosts and the Gothic. Now, when the back of a book jacket says this I get pretty excited: With strands of classic fairy and folklore weaved through, the unknown – the silent and the dark – is explored.… Read More Review: The Other World, It Whispers